Paraguay Says Chaco Victories Open Path to Peace
Asuncion reports Paraguay's triumphs in the Chaco include the capture of Fort Saavedra and the bombardment of Fort Munoz. Officials say about 15 000 Bolivian soldiers were annihilated on the Saavedra front and believe the victories create momentum for a peace with honor at Montevideo.
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Paraguay
Conference
Asuncion
Bolivia
Chaco
Fort Saavedra
Fort Munoz
Montevideo
Saavedra
Munoz
Lindberghs Head for Islands on Way Home
Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh land safely in San Juan Puerto Rico after a 753 mile hop from Port of Spain Trinidad en route toward Miami. They had flown 1100 miles from Manaos Brazil across jungle and swamps, guided by Pan American Airways, with officials noting their progress from Port of Spain.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
Charles A. Lindbergh
Port-of- Spain
Trinidad
Port OF Spain
Miami
Manaos
Brazil
Claude Hollis
Lindbergh
Port of Spain Harbor
Amarillo
Lindberghs
The
Airways
Carriacou Island
Pan-American Airway
Mutiny Crew Sentenced in Java Court
Five European corporals linked to the De Zeven Provincien mutiny were court-martialed at Surabaya. The Dutch warship was pursued for five days in the Indian Ocean, and the men received 16, 12, 10, 8 and 1 year terms.
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Surabaya
Java
de Zeven Provincien
Indian Ocean
Wheat checks hung up as Washington weighs Potter protest
Wheat checks for Potter County farmers remained tied up Thursday as Washington considers a local protest over an acreage reduction filed by Fred Bone R E Henson and Jack Swann. If upheld the delay could extend at least 30 days and affect all local payments.
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Washington
Fred Bone
R. E. Henson
Jack Swann
Bone
Henson
Swann
P. C. Bennett
Agricultural Department
Potter County
Train Crash Kills Nine on Florida School Bus
A freight train struck a crowded school bus at Silver Pond Grove crossing near Crescent City Florida. Nine children died and about 30 were injured as emergency crews worked amid chaos. Bus driver D R Niles and local residents aided victims before transport to Palatka.
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Crescent City
Fla
Mos
Palatka
Silver Pond Grove Crossing
Here
Niles
Silver Pond Grove
Rupert Teuton
Teuton
Walter B. Knight
the Baptist Church
Wynekoop in custody after auto accident in Chicago
Farle Wynekoop turned himself in after his car struck a 9 year old boy in Chicago. The boy suffered internal injuries but may recover. the parents declined to press charges.
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Earl Wynekoop
Chicago
Farle Wynekoop
Frank McCovern
Catherine Wynekoop
Farle
Wynekoop
Rheta
Alice Wynekoop
Texas Acts to curb hitchhiking by transients
Austin reports a January 1 start for anti hitchhiking rules to stop wandering unemployed. Transient bureaus in 11 Texas cities supply shelter food clothing and work on relief projects with pay from 90 cents to 1.50 a weekend. A twelfth bureau to open at Texarkana.
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Austin
U.P
Texas
Marshall B. Thompson
Relief Administration
Amarillo
Beaumont
Corpus Christ
Dallas
Fort Worth
Galveston
el Paso
Houston San Antonio
Big Spring
Texarkana
Thompson
Amarillo Yuletide Frolics at Municipal Auditorium
AMARILLO events feature a two show Yuletide Frolic to aid Hanson Post community Christmas tree. A 3 pm matinee and an 8 pm evening performance highlight local entertainers led by Dr. R P Parcells. Admission 10c children 25–35c adults with a program of music dance pantomime readings and skits by city schools and arts groups.
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Hanson Post
Amarillo
Municipal Auditorium
A. Peterson
The
Legion Community Service Committee
R. P. Parcells
Melody Maids
Amarillo College
Alta Potts Turk
Franks
Grace F. Hamilton
Betty Earl Vaughn
Philippa Landre
Hylagene Robberson
Pattey Snow
Mae Jo Winn
Jane Edwards
Charlene McCarthe
Frances Maxfield
Monte Chambers
Yvonne Bennett
Shirley Maxfield
Dorothy Mont
Women Denied Work in 90 Day Red Cross Project
About 270 former Red Cross sewing room workers claim state relief cut funding after November 20, forcing them off jobs they had held for years. The project, labeled Project 46, operated with Red Cross materials and county support, later funded through the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to aid widows, the elderly, and others in need.
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Red Cross
Whch
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
State Commission
Red Cross Room
Potter County Red Cross
County Relief Committee
Taylor Street
Rialto Theater
Reed Marries Kidnap Victim in Secret Ceremony
Jim Reed wed Nell Quinlan Donnelly in a discreet ceremony after a decades long collaboration. Judge Pollock officiated at Mrs. Donnelly's apartment with twenty guests attending a dinner toast before the couple departed for a secret honeymoon. Reed and Mrs. Donnelly, both previously married, were longstanding political allies with Donnelly leading the family business Donnelly Manufacturing.
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Nell Quinlan Donnelly
Jim
Missouri
Nell Donnelly
Kansas City
Jim Reed
Thander Maker
United States Senate
Pensacola’s Flags Through Time in Arthur Brisbane’s Tale
The piece recalls Pensacola as an old city on the Gulf of Mexico with a history of colonial arrivals. It contrasts early explorers and settlers with notable dates, including Mirael, the Mayflower era, Tristram De Luna, and General Jackson, framing Pensacola’s transfer to the United States.
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Sacola
Florida
Gulf of Mexico
Pensacola Bay
Mirael
Santa Rosa Island
White Beach
Columbus
America
Plymouth Rock
Miraela
Don Tristram Deluna
General Jackson
United States
Pensacola
Amarillo Area Weather Forecast Tonight and Friday
Forecast for Amarillo and vicinity: fair tonight and Friday with cooler temperatures. West Texas mostly fair to partly cloudy, slightly colder in extreme west and northern portions. New Mexico also fair tonight and Friday with little temperature change. Today's high lows range 44 to 66.
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North Panhandle
H. T. Collman
Colorado
Panhandle
Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Escape-Convict Davis Sought in Oklahoma Bank Robbery
Ed Davis one of eleven who escaped from Kansas State prison last Memorial Day is sought as part of the trio that robbed the First National Bank of 34000 in Coalgate Oklahoma. John F Johnson of the State Crime Bureau says descriptions matching Davis and Ford Badshaw fit two of the robbers. Davis and Wilbur Underhill are the only two convicts still at large, believed to have headquarters in the Cookson hills.
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Coalgate
Okla
Ed Davis
Kansas State Prison
First National Bank
John F. Johnson
State Crime Bureau
Davis
Ford Badshaw
Oklahoma
Wilbur Underhill
Cookson Hills
Railroad Accepts Second Arbitration Plan Ends Texas Strike Threat
Southern Pacific officials accepted the second compromise plan from President Roosevelts fact finding board ending a month of tension after employes voted for a strike. The plan calls for continued negotiations on 108 points and arbitration for cases 1 97 and 100 104 with certain cases reinstated and others heard by the presidents board.
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Houston
Southern Pacific Railroad
Texas
Louisiana
Roosevelt
Southwestern Train Service Board
President's Board
Ths
I. B. McDonald
Southern Pacific
Brotherhood
J. O. Enders
Isber
Borglum Named Texas Highway Beautification Head
The Texas Relief Commission announced sculptor Gutzon Borglum would head the state highway beautification effort. The State Highway Commission countered that only Joe L. Gubbles, landscape engineer, is authorized to represent the department officially. Mrs. Frank W. Sorrell of San Antonio will organize Texas women to help with the program.
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Austin
U.P
Texas Relief Commission
Gutzon Borglum
Texas
State Highway Commission
Joe L. Gubbles
Frank W. Sorrell
San Antonio
State Highway Department
John Wood
WR. Fly
D. K. Martin
New Diabetes and Blood Pressure Breakthrough via X Ray
Chicago report from December 14 announces a revolutionary treatment for diabetes and high blood pressure using carefully dosed X rays aimed at the pituitary and adrenal glands. Dr James H Hutton and the Illinois Central Hospital led experiments asserting these conditions stem from excessive gland secretions, challenging orthodox pancreatic diabetes theory.
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Chicago
Illinois State Medical Society
Illinois Central Hospital
James H. Hutton
Hutton
Pituitary
Books depicting O S war seized in Honolulu shipment
A confiscated shipment of Japan printed magazines included illustrated fiction about an imagined 1936 war with the United States and the Japanese capture of Hawaii. Army and naval officers praised the accurate depictions of ships while authorities opened an espionage probe into propaganda and traced a consignee who admitted receipt of prior shipments.
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Dan Campbell
Honolulu
T. H
Hawaii
Japan
United States
J. Walter Doyle
Consignee
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East
Associated Press
Fort Fairfield
England
Suffolk
Black Sea
Zarafa
Istanbul
Atlantic
Vicomte Charles de Manville
London
European
Upper New York
Wesley Alger
State Hospital Trusty
Dannemora
West
Cleveland
Baltimore
Flare Gorton
Eddie McGrady
Hilda Hardy
Frederick Smith
Evelyn Smith
William Smith
Bennie Smith
Troy Tipton
Havel McCrady
D. R. Niles
Matt Mitceh
Legion
Lee Frolic
Say Biatz
John ©. Pollock
Kansas City, Kan
United States District Court
U. S
Nelly Don
Reed
James A. Reed
Senate
Ty Arthur Brisbane
Navy
Rise Feature Syndicate
Ine
Arthur Brisbane
Lin
Globe
Opictone
Mr Brisbane
Miami, Fla
Borglum Highway
W. Ord
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